River Ailort
| River Ailort | ||
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| location | Scotland | |
| Drain over | Loch Ailort → Scottish Sea | |
| source |
Hole Eilts 56 ° 52 ′ 59 ″ N , 5 ° 37 ′ 52 ″ W. |
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| Source height | 31 m ASL | |
| muzzle | At Lochailort in Loch Ailort coordinates: 56 ° 52 ′ 34 " N , 5 ° 40 ′ 48" W 56 ° 52 ′ 34 " N , 5 ° 40 ′ 48" W. |
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| Mouth height | 0 m ASL | |
| Height difference | 31 m
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| Left tributaries | Roti Burn | |
| Right tributaries | Arieniskill Burn, Allt na Criche, Allt Maodail | |
| Flowing lakes | Lochan Dubh | |
River Ailort is a 3 mile short river in the Scottish Highlands that connects Loch Eilt with the sea.
About 500 meters after the river's source is the small but deep Lochan Dubh lake . It was once a very popular place for fishing, especially sea trout and salmon were caught here. Since the late 1980s, the number of fish caught has fallen sharply, as parastian Caligidae ( English sea lice ) entered the waters through salmon farms in Lochailort .
The river is occasionally used by canoeists and kayakers .
Web links
Commons : River Ailort - Collection of Images
supporting documents
- ^ Center for Ecology & Hydrology: Loch Eilt. (No longer available online.) NERC , 2015, archived from the original on June 11, 2016 ; accessed on October 29, 2017 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ River Ailort. In: www.lochaberfish.org.uk. Lochaber Fisheries Trust, accessed October 29, 2017 .
- ^ Douglas Fraser: Scottish salmon farming's sea lice 'crisis'. BBC , February 14, 2017, accessed October 29, 2017 .
- ↑ Bruce Sandison: Rivers and Lochs of Scotland 2013/2014 Edition: The Angler's Complete Guide . Black & White Publishing, 2013, ISBN 978-1-84502-712-4 ( limited preview in Google Book Search).
- ↑ Bridget Thomas (Ed.): Scottish White Water: The Sca Guidebook (Scottish Canoe Association) . Pesda Press, 2004, ISBN 978-0-9547061-1-1 , pp. 131 f . ( limited preview in Google Book search).
